About Us

The purpose and objects of the SAR and this Chapter are declared to be patriotic, historical and educational, and shall include those intended or designed:

 

1) to perpetuate the memory of those patriots who, by their services or sacrifices during the war of the American Revolution, achieved the independence of the American people;

 

2) to unite and promote fellowship among their descendants;

 

3) to inspire them and the community at large with a more profound reverence for the principles of the government founded by our forefathers;

 

4) to encourage historical research in relation to the American Revolution;

 

5) to acquire and preserve the records of the individual services of the patriots of the war, as well as documents, relics, and landmarks;

 

6) to mark the scenes of the Revolution by appropriate memorials;

 

7) to celebrate the anniversaries of the prominent events of the war and of the Revolutionary period;

 

8) to foster true patriotism;

 

9)  to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom; and

 

10) to carry out the purposes expressed in the preamble of the Constitution of our country and the injunctions of Washington in his farewell address to the American people.